ADOM, short for Ancient Domains of Mystery, is a roguelike game created by Thomas Biskup. Despite the dungeons being procedurally generated, it features a pre-made overworld map and a richer and more detailed "storyline" than most roguelikes.
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How do I take off cursed items?
I made the mistake of wearing an amulet without identifying it, and now it turns out I can't take it off. I can't tell what effect it has while I'm wearing it, but it doesn't seem to have killed me yet. Even so, I would like to remove it until it…
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What does ADOM randomly generate?
In Nethack, the world and your inventory are randomly generated at the start of the game. I just started playing ADOM, and I noticed that both times I came across the same village at the start of the game.
So now I'm curious - what does ADOM…
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When should I eat people?
The in-game manual for ADOM is massive, and I don't see anything on the main screen that resembles a hunger stat. How do I know when I should start eating all these corpses and foodstuffs I'm piling up?
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Why is magic so exhausting?
I just rolled my second Wizard character, and I'm going around blithely killing enemies with my Magic Missiles. However, I'm seeing a message I never saw with my first character who used this spell.
Do you want to exhaust yourself casting this…
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How can I be more effective in ADOM?
The more I play ADOM, the more I realise there is a pattern in the way I die. It's always in the first dungeon, where I have to find the carpenter, and I will seem to do fine until some monster, different every time, but of no rare type, will come…
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How can I heal fast in a dungeon in ADOM?
Since I can't rest or sleep in a dungeon in ADOM like I can in DCSS or Diggr, what are my options when I am low on health in a dungeon and with no items or spells to heal me?
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How can I stop forgetting spells in ADOM?
I am playing a gnomish Elementalist, currently at level 19. I have managed to reach quite nice levels on some of my offensive spells (most notably, Burning Hands is P:+24, E:15d3+43), but I keep forgetting them all the time. The first number, the…
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How to cross the Animated Forest?
What are some tactics to safely cross the Animated Forest in ADOM? I've got a level 9 troll barbarian with 44/26 DV/PV, and controlled teleportation but no way to teleport.
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When to panic and flee?
Is it possible to see some stats of an entity on screen. Or perhaps some indication of how hard it is compared to the player?
I just played this game 2 times both of the times i was hacking through everything i was encountering very easily until i…
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How can I cure sickness?
I made the mistake of eating a Kobold corpse and got sick. My health stopped increasing over time as a result of this, and it lasted for quite a long time. That character is long dead now, but it would still be useful to know for future reference…
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What are my options when my character is hungry but I have ran out of food?
I have sometimes found myself in a dungeon with my character hungry and with no food to feed him with. What would be my options, without having to leave the dungeon?
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Dwarftown instantly hostile
I've just encountered something strange in ADOM: my character reached Dwarftown for the first time, and my first step off the stairs is into a hostile town.
The shop is closed with a sign on the door and I'm surrounded by angry dwarves.
I had…
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What's a crowning gift in ADOM?
I've seen the term "Crowning Gift" used multiple times in reference to ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery), for example:
Elves also can receive the crowning gift "artifact bow" which is pretty good
What is the crowning gift?
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Progressing through ADOM's mid-game
How can I make the most of a run in ADOM?
Here's what I typically do now: first thing first, I go to SMC to lock it to level 1. Then, if my character is weak, I grind a little in the ID 1-5 for a few levels, then I go for either the carpenter or…
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How do I read weapon / armor stats in ADOM?
For example, I know that:
Armors: [+dv, +pv].
Weapons: (+hc, dmg) where dmg is something like 1d4.
How about missile weapon and missiles?
Where can I find a information about these? I can't find them in the manual / guidebook / wiki because I…
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